The Microsoft Platform Ahead by David Platt; thoughts about Python and Zope

[Diez B. Roggisch]

> I know that these didn't originate with Python and Zope, and also that
> .NET adds extra Microsoft-specific goodies. However, the real possibility
> is that the Microsoft-centricity of .NET may diminish in time when
> VB.NET/C# /ASP.NET provide an attractive multiplatform alternative to
> Python and Zope or other content-management/portal/web service frameworks.

They still won't run on unix - which is for many people a reason not to use
them.

> Will the open-source web service frameworks suffer the same fate as the
> Netscape browser?

Netscape was a product selled - zope and twisted aren't. 
 

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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch